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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






2. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






3. Known for his glass sculpture






4. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






5. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






6. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






7. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






8. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






9. Something that supports a sculpture






10. Where the revolving door was fully developed






11. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






12. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






13. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






14. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






15. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






16. Pale green






17. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






18. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






19. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






20. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






21. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






22. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






23. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






24. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






25. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






26. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






27. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






28. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






29. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






30. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






31. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






32. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






33. Renowned for paintings and prints






34. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






35. Technique of shading using dots to control value






36. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






37. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






38. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






39. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






40. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






41. Creates blue dye






42. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






43. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






44. Application of potassium sulphide






45. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






46. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






47. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






48. The amount of light reflected by a hue






49. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






50. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool